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Good morning ~ We had such a nice day yesterday, but nothing really got done like I wanted. I've been in lazy mode all weekend, except at 5 am when I don't want to make noise. Today is taking care of business, no excuses. I need to tackle my dressing room and get it organized it's driving me crazy.
QOTD - Book round up - what are you reading/listening to? I have been devouring Charlie Donlea for the last few weeks (several free on audible). Sheila recommended him and I was hooked. I've read his whole library now and highly recommend except his very first book that left me with more questions than answers but still worth the read. Matt Haig - the Life Impossible - what can I say, he is a great writer - he sucks you in! It will never be Midnight Library level again though I will keep chasing that dragon. Now I have to read Elin Hildebrand's the Perfect Couple - which I really though I already read. Others on the list are more Lisa Jewell and Stephen King right now. All recommendations welcome - please!!
Accountability - Meals were perfect, snacks were not. I ate a whole donut and I don't even like donuts. I barely moved. Today I'm 167.8 and just hope to stay off my ass more than not today.
B- coffee, ham and cheese omelette
l - pork chop leftovers in zero tortillas
d - stuffed shells, salad
s - legendary chips, nectarine, watermelon
Have a great day!
RNY 11/21/16 - HW/SW 309 LW 150
REVISION 4/10/23 - HW 240 SW 225 CW 164 GW 155
lol !! My Mother felt the same way - and she too has her ears pierced now .
Of course my Dad had to do the piercing using an ice cube and a needle to save ten dollars over the mall's piercing gun 
w free studs included.
it was the same with me. Very few people had tattoos back then besides military people and biker types. Or maybe like Jen said, they were just hidden. Probably the main reason I've never gotten one, even though they're commonplace now. I remember when I got my ears pierced at age 15. Practically every girl in my school had her ears pierced. My mother was mortified - but then back when she was a teen, only "cheap" (as she called them) girls had their ears pierced. "Good" girls did not. For my generation, just swap in tattoos for pierced ears. (I should add that my mother finally got her ears pierced about 30 years ago, because it's next to impossible to find regular earrings now - and has been for the last 30 or 40 years...)
RNY 06/03/15 by Michael Garren (Madison, WI)
HW: 373 SW: 316 GW: 150 LW: 138 CW: 163
the dishes were pretty good, but the curried chicken salad needed more curry powder and salt - and the nutty oat bars I made could have used more sweetening. So if I make either again, I'll do that - but I wasn't surprised by any of that (well, at least the salt and sweetener part) since she's a dietitian!
the farro/chickpea stew was excellent! apple muffins were pretty good, too.
RNY 06/03/15 by Michael Garren (Madison, WI)
HW: 373 SW: 316 GW: 150 LW: 138 CW: 163
I am sure that is correct. I was just around very conservative people and if they had tattoos they were hidden. I was amazed the first time I was at a swimming pool and saw a girl with a tramp stamp.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
I think more people had tattoos than you realize. They were just able to be hidden in the appropriate audience. All of mine can be as well if I choose but I am glad to see some of those old rules going away.
HW: 306 SW: 282 GW: 145 (reached 2/6/19) CW:150
Jen
I gifted my son a tattoo for his 18th birthday. It just had to be something personal and important that he could live with for the rest of his life. Now he has about 5 and has always kept to what I told him.
RNY 11/21/16 - HW/SW 309 LW 150
REVISION 4/10/23 - HW 240 SW 225 CW 164 GW 155
I was devastated when my 17 year old son got a tattoo. I could not believe he would do something like that. In 1989, few people had tattoos. Mainly military ones if they did but not kids and definitely not very many females. I remember thinking that it was awful, but would have been worse if it was a girl.
He got a rose on his left shoulder with the words "Live to Love". He did it during the Christmas school days off. After school started, one his teachers called me and said, "Mrs. Meffe, I don't want to alarm you, but do you know about Kevin's arm?"
I said I did and she asked me how I reacted to that. I told her what his father said. "If you are going to live to love, you better use protection".
There was nothing I could do about it, so I just accepted it. When my niece got engaged and my sister took her shopping for a wedding dress, my sister found out that her daughter had a tattoo on her back. That was more than 10 years later and it was still a shock to us.
Now it is so common and while not so much for my generation the younger people all seem to have tattoos. I have learned to appreciate the artistry and work that can go into creating them. One of the ladies in my weight loss surgery preparation group had just gotten a tattoo of her deceased mom on her arm and was worried about how it would look after surgery if the skin sagged a lot.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Good morning! It's foggy and grey and spooky outside and I love it! It will burn off to the low 80's today, so I get the best of both worlds. I did pretty ok yesterday. 166 minutes of exercise. 10,362 steps. Dinner was a challenge in the good choice department. Someone bought table apps, and while delicious, not very healthy. I ate a great chicken finger, a cream cheese stuffed wonton and a few fries with carne asada on it. I did not order a dinner and I ended up with two glasses of wine that were large pours. Roger elected to drive at the last moment, so I did not follow my intent up with action. But I had a wonderful time with family and friends and not regretting a moment.
Today is absolutely nothing. I'm trying for a rest day, but if my legs start aching, a healthy walk helps with that. So we'll play that by ear. Food wise we'll be home all day, so no excuses for poor choices. Maybe I'll even clean out my undies drawer and the bathroom cabinet that has been on my to do list all week. Maybe.
QotD: No tats here. I have wanted one at a few junctures in life, but never pulled the trigger.
Bites today
B: leftover eggroll in a bowl
L: the last of the chicken kebob
D: definitely going with the beef bulgogi and a side salad. I've punted on this twice this week. It's happening today.
Peace !
Height 5'3"
HW 200
surgery date 10/29/19 177.9
CW 121.4
goal weight 125
Love that!!
RNY 11/21/16 - HW/SW 309 LW 150
REVISION 4/10/23 - HW 240 SW 225 CW 164 GW 155
